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Mapping Public Participation in Policy Choices[Note 1. This article draws on an Australian Research Council project ...]
Author(s) -
Bishop Patrick,
Davis Glyn
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.00255
Subject(s) - undergrowth , democracy , clearing , political science , public administration , public participation , political economy , sociology , economics , politics , law , geography , finance , forestry
In an era of democratic discontent, more and better participation in policy making has become a standard expectation. Yet it is rarely clear what counts as participation, and how the many practices loosely bundled under the label should be understood. This paper has a modest undergrowth‐clearing objective: to examine assumptions behind competing typologies of participation, and to propose a classification framework less laden by idealist notions of democracy.